Men with Chests
We have nearly forgotten what it means to be Men with Chests, and the consequences are all around us. Join me as we explore the Great Books, as we go back to the timeless ideas that built the West. In this show we pursue objective truth, goodness, and beauty; we learn about virtue as excellence (arete). We discuss the role that reason, emotion and desire all play in becoming a magnanimous man.
Episodes
82 episodes
That Hideous Strength with Brian Shepherd
I join Brian Shepherd once again to talk That Hideous Strength.
Perelandra with Christiana Hale
Christiana Hale joins me to discuss enjoyment and contemplation in Perelandra. This episode was full of insights, one of my favorite episodes yet.
Modern Alchemy: Part 3
Ransom diagnosis the causes that led to Alcasan's revivification and then gives the prognosis.
CSL Reading Day
Today is the second year of the CSL reading day and this year's theme is friendship. I take a look at the friendships among the Company at St. Anne's in That Hideous Strength.
Modern Alchemy: Part 2
Continuing the dialogue between Mark, Filostrato, and Straik in Chapter 8 of That Hideous Strength.
Modern Alchemy: Part 1
I'm returning to That Hideous Strength to take a close look at the N.I.C.E.'s quest to attain immortality.
That Hideous Strength with Brian Shepherd
I was recently on That Hideous C.S. Lewis podcast with Brian Shepherd to discuss a small portion of That Hideous Strength. Here's the episode from Brian's show.
Perelandra (Part 5) with Chris Pipkin
The final episode of the discussion on Perelandra with Chris Pipkin and Charlie Carter.
Perelandra (Part 4) with Chris Pipkin
The battle between Ransom and the Unman
Perelandra (Part 3) with Chris Pipkin
Charlie, Chris, and I continue to go through Perelandra.
Perelandra (Part 2) with Chris Pipkin
The second installment of my conversation with Chris on The Inklings Variety Hour. This time, we're also joined by Charlie Carter from the Thinklings podcast.
Perelandra (Part 1) with Chris Pipkin
I was recently on The Inklings Variety Hour with Chris Pipkin to discuss Perelandra. This is part 1 of our discussion. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inklings-variety-hour/id1526380888
Socratic Hour: Jordan Duncan from Lesser-Known Lewis
Jordan Duncan from the Lesser-Known Lewis podcast joins me to discuss Lewis's essay "The Poison of Subjectivism."
On Ethics
The finale of "On Ethics." An essay where Lewis makes the case for the universality of an ethical code.
On Ethics
We continue our way through Lewis's essay "On Ethics," as he explores the possibility of an ethical vacuum and the idea of instinct as the grounds of ethics.
On Ethics
We begin a short series today on Lewis's essay "On Ethics." This essay is remarkably similar to Abolition of Man, even containing some of the same phrases found in Abolition.
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 2)
We finish Screwtape's toast. Lewis continues to draw out the implications of envy disguised as being "democratic." When "I'm as good as you" becomes the motto a society aims to actualize, disaster follows. https://www.instagr...
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Part 1)
We continue Screwtape Proposes a Toast, covering the first half of the essay in today's episode.Click the 5 stars if you like the show.You can follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/.Check out sisu saunas at htt...
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Preface)
"Screwtape Proposes a Toast" is an essay of Lewis's that deals with the issue of egalitarianism in education. This essay, written after The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength, continues on the theme of Lewis's most prophetic writings. I...
Sisu Hour with Pete Nelson
In this Sisu Hour episode, I'm joined by Pete Nelson, the owner and founder of Sisu Sauna. You can find his company and their saunas here: https://sisulifestyle.com/If you like the show, click the 5 stars and you can follow the show at ...
A Reply to Professor Haldane
Having completed That Hideous Strength, we're now moving on to Lewis's response to a critique of his Ransom Trilogy by J.B.S. Haldane, a contemporary of Lewis's. This essay sheds more light on what Lewis is doing in the Ransom Trilogy and espec...
That Hideous Strength: Venus at St. Anne's
Christiana Hale joins me to go through and discuss Chapter 17, the final chapter of That Hideous Strength.https://www.instagram.com/menwchests/
That Hideous Strength: Banquet at Belbury
The top officials at the N.I.C.E. meet their end when bedlam ensues at a banquet. Ironically, after abusing language throughout the story, it turns out that gibberish is the cause of the N.I.C.E.'s destruction. "Qui Verbum Dei contemp...
Socratic Hour: Dr. David Downing
David Downing joins me to discuss his insights into That Hideous Strength. His book, Planets in Peril, was the first study of the Ransom Trilogy. Dr. Downing is one of the foremost Lewis scholars alive today. https://www.instagram....